The Second Book of the Chronicles
1:1And Solomon the son of David was
strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and
magnified him exceedingly. 1:2And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to
the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every
prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses. 1:3So
Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at
Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant
of Jehovah had made in the wilderness. 1:4But the ark of God had
David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had
prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 1:5Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle
of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it. 1:6And
Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before Jehovah, which was at
the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
1:7In that night did God appear unto
Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 1:8And
Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my
father, and hast made me king in his stead. 1:9Now, O Jehovah God, let
thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me
king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 1:10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that
I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy
people, that is so great? 1:11And God said to Solomon, Because this
was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor
the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but
hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my
people, over whom I have made thee king: 1:12wisdom and knowledge
is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor,
such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither
shall there any after thee have the like. 1:13So Solomon came from
the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto
Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel. 1:14And Solomon gathered
chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and
with the king at Jerusalem. 1:15And the king made silver and gold to
be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees
that are in the lowland, for abundance. 1:16And the horses which
Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them
in droves, each drove at a price. 1:17And they fetched up and brought out of
Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for
a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the
kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
2:1Now Solomon purposed to build a house
for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. 2:2And Solomon counted out
threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand
men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred
to oversee them. 2:3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of
Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him
cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for
the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him
incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the
burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new
moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an
ordinance for ever to Israel. 2:5And the house which I build is great;
for great is our God above all gods. 2:6But who is able to build him a house,
seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then,
that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him? 2:7Now
therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth
how to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful
men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did
provide. 2:8Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees,
and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to
cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy
servants, 2:9even to prepare me timber in abundance;
for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 2:10And, behold, I will give to thy
servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten
wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths
of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 2:11Then Huram the king of
Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth
his people, he hath made thee king over them. 2:12Huram said moreover,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who
hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and
understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his
kingdom. 2:13And now I have sent a skilful man,
endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, 2:14the son of a woman of
the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in
gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in
purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any
manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be a
place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful
men of my lord David thy father. 2:15Now therefore the wheat and the
barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send
unto his servants: 2:16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon,
as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea
to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 2:17And Solomon numbered
all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering
wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a
hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 2:18And
he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six
hundred overseers to set the people at work.
3:1Then Solomon began to build the house
of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared
unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had
appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 3:2And
he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the
fourth year of his reign. 3:3Now these are the foundations which
Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits
after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty
cubits. 3:4And the porch that was before the
house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was
twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it
within with pure gold. 3:5And the greater house he ceiled with
fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees
and chains. 3:6And he garnished the house with
precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 3:7He
overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof,
and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls. 3:8And
he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth
of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits;
and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 3:9And
the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the
upper chambers with gold. 3:10And in the most holy house he made two
cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold. 3:11And
the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one
cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the
other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the
other cherub. 3:12And the wing of the other cherub was
five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was
five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 3:13The
wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they
stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. 3:14And
he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and
wrought cherubim thereon. 3:15Also he made before the house two
pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the
top of each of them was five cubits. 3:16And he made chains in the oracle, and
put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred
pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 3:17And he set up the
pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the
left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name
of that on the left Boaz.
4:1Moreover he made an altar of brass,
twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof,
and ten cubits the height thereof. 4:2Also he made the molten sea of ten
cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was
five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. 4:3And
under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for
ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows,
cast when it was cast. 4:4It stood upon twelve oxen, three
looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three
looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea
was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. 4:5And
it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim
of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand
baths. 4:6He made also ten lavers, and put five
on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as
belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for
the priests to wash in. 4:7And he made the ten candlesticks of
gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the
temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 4:8He made also ten
tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on
the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold. 4:9Furthermore he made the
court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and
overlaid the doors of them with brass. 4:10And he set the sea on
the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. 4:11And
Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end
of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God: 4:12the
two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of
the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals
that were on the top of the pillars, 4:13and the four hundred pomegranates for
the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the
two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars. 4:14He
made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15one
sea, and the twelve oxen under it. 4:16The pots also, and the shovels, and
the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make
for king Solomon for the house of Jehovah of bright brass. 4:17In
the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between
Succoth and Zeredah. 4:18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in
great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. 4:19And
Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden
altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread; 4:20and
the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance
before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21and the flowers, and the lamps, and
the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold; 4:22and the snuffers, and
the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold: and as for the
entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and
the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, were of gold.
5:1Thus all the work that Solomon wrought
for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things
that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and
all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. 5:2Then
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes,
the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city
of David, which is Zion. 5:3nd all the men of Israel assembled
themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh
month. 5:4And all the elders of Israel came: and
the Levites took up the ark; 5:5and they brought up the ark, and the
tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did
the priests the Levites bring up. 5:6And king Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were before the ark,
sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for
multitude. 5:7And the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to
the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 5:8For
the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the
cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 5:9And
the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark
before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto
this day. 5:10There was nothing in the ark save the
two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a
covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 5:11And
it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for
all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not
keep their courses; 5:12also the Levites who were the singers,
all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their
brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps,
stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty
priests sounding with trumpets;) 5:13it came to pass, when the trumpeters
and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and
thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets
and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying,
For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then
the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah, 5:14so
that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for
the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
6:1Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said
that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 6:2But I have built thee a
house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever. 6:3And
the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all
the assembly of Israel stood. 6:4And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the
God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath
with his hands fulfilled it, saying, 6:5Since the day that I brought forth my
people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of
Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I
any man to be prince over my people Israel: 6:6but I have chosen
Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over
my people Israel. 6:7Now it was in the heart of David my
father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 6:8But
Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a
house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: 6:9nevertheless thou shalt not build the
house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build
the house for my name. 6:10And Jehovah hath performed his word
that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit
on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for
the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 6:11And there have I set
the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the
children of Israel. 6:12And he stood before the altar of
Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth
his hands 6:13(for Solomon had made a brazen
scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high,
and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and
kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread
forth his hands toward heaven;) 6:14and he said, O Jehovah, the God of
Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven, or on earth; who keepest
covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with
all their heart; 6:15who hast kept with thy servant David
my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy
mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day. 6:16Now
therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my
father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy
children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked
before me. 6:17Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of
Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant
David. 6:18But will God in very deed dwell with
men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain
thee; how much less this house which I have builded! 6:19Yet have thou respect
unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God,
to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before
thee; 6:20that thine eyes may be open toward
this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said
that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which
thy servant shall pray toward this place. 6:21And hearken thou to
the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they
shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even
from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive. 6:22If a man sin against
his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he
come and swear before thine altar in this house; 6:23then hear thou from heaven, and do,
and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his
own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his
righteousness. 6:24And if thy people Israel be smitten
down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall
turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before
thee in this house; 6:25then hear thou from heaven, and
forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land
which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 6:26When the heavens are
shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if
they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their
sin, when thou dost afflict them: 6:27then hear thou in heaven, and forgive
the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them
the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which
thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. 6:28If there be in the
land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew,
locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their
cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be; 6:29what prayer and supplication soever be
made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man his
own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward
this house: 6:30then hear thou from heaven thy
dwelling-place and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his
ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the
hearts of the children of men;) 6:31that they may fear thee, to walk in
thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our
fathers. 6:32Moreover concerning the foreigner,
that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country
for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched
arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house: 6:33then hear thou from heaven, even from
thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to
thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear
thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house
which I have built is called by thy name. 6:34If thy people go out
to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them,
and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the
house which I have built for thy name; 6:35then hear thou from
heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 6:36If
they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be
angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them
away captive unto a land far off or near; 6:37yet if they shall
bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn
again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity,
saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;
6:38if they return unto thee with all
their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity,
whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which
thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and
toward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39then hear thou from
heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their
supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have
sinned against thee. 6:40Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee,
thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is
made in this place. 6:41Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God,
into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy
priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints
rejoice in goodness. 6:42O Jehovah God, turn not away the face
of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy
servant.
7:1Now when Solomon had made an end of
praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering
and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house. 7:2And
the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory
of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house. 7:3And all the children of Israel looked
on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house;
and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the
pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For
he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. 7:4Then
the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah. 7:5And
king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a
hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people
dedicated the house of God. 7:6And the priests stood, according to
their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah,
which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah, (for his
lovingkindness endureth for ever,) when David praised by their
ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel
stood. 7:7Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of
the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the
burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen
altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering,
and the meal-offering, and the fat. 7:8So Solomon held the feast at that time
seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the
entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. 7:9And on the eighth day
they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar
seven days, and the feast seven days. 7:10And on the three and
twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their
tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed
unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 7:11Thus Solomon finished the house of
Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to
make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously
effected. 7:12And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by
night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this
place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 7:13If I shut up the
heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the
land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 7:14if my people, who are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 7:15Now mine eyes shall be
open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. 7:16For
now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for
ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 7:17And
as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and
do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes
and mine ordinances; 7:18then I will establish the throne of
thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying,
There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 7:19But
if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have
set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 7:20then will I pluck them up by the roots
out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a
proverb and a byword among all peoples. 7:21And this house, which
is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall
say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house? 7:22And
they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers,
who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other
gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all
this evil upon them.
8:1And it came to pass at the end of
twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own
house, 8:2that the cities which Huram had given
to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell
there. 8:3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and
prevailed against it. 8:4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness,
and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. 8:5Also he built
Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with
walls, gates, and bars; 8:6and Baalath, and all the store-cities
that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for
his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 8:7As
for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of
Israel; 8:8of their children that were left after
them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did
Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day. 8:9But
of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but
they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his
chariots and of his horsemen. 8:10And these were the chief officers of
king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
8:11And Solomon brought up the daughter of
Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her;
for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel,
because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come. 8:12Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings
unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
8:13even as the duty of every day
required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year,
even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,
and in the feast of tabernacles. 8:14And he appointed, according to the
ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their
service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister
before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers
also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God
commanded. 8:15And they departed not from the
commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any
matter, or concerning the treasures. 8:16Now all the work of Solomon was
prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until
it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed. 8:17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and
to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. 8:18And Huram sent him by
the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the
sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from
thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king
Solomon.
9:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at
Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold
in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she
communed with him of all that was in her heart. 9:2And Solomon told her
all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he
told her not. 9:3And when the queen of Sheba had seen
the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 9:4and
the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance
of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their
apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah;
there was no more spirit in her. 9:5And she said to the king, It was a true
report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom. 9:6Howbeit I believed not their words,
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the
greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the fame that I
heard. 9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are these
thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 9:8Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who
delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy
God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore
made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness. 9:9And
she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in
great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as
the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 9:10And the servants also
of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir,
brought algum-trees and precious stones. 9:11And the king made of
the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's
house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such
seen before in the land of Judah. 9:12And king Solomon gave to the queen of
Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had
brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and
her servants. 9:13Now the weight of gold that came to
Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of
gold, 9:14besides that which the traders and
merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the
country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 9:15And king Solomon made
two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten
gold went to one buckler. 9:16And he made three hundred
shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one
shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 9:17Moreover the king made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 9:18nd there were six
steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the
throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions
standing beside the stays. 9:19And twelve lions stood there on the
one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made
in any kingdom. 9:20And all king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of
Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of
Solomon. 9:21For the king had ships that went to
Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships
of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 9:22So
king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 9:23And
all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his
wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 9:24And they brought every
man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment,
armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 9:25And
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the
king at Jerusalem. 9:26And he ruled over all the kings from
the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of
Egypt. 9:27And the king made silver to be in
Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that
are in the lowland, for abundance. 9:28And they brought horses for Solomon
out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon,
first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet,
and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo
the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30And Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 9:31And Solomon slept with
his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
10:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all
Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 10:2And it came to pass,
when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither
he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out
of Egypt. 10:3And they sent and called him; and
Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4Thy
father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous
service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter,
and we will serve thee. 10:5And he said unto them, Come again unto
me after three days. And the people departed. 10:6And king Rehoboam took
counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while
he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this
people? 10:7And they spake unto him, saying, If
thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to
them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 10:8But he forsook the
counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the
young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. 10:9And
he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this
people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did
put upon us lighter? 10:10And the young men that were grown up
with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that
spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is
thicker than my father's loins. 10:11And now whereas my father did lade
you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 10:12So Jeroboam and all the people came
to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the
third day. 10:13And the king answered them roughly;
and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 10:14and spake to them after the counsel
of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add
thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions. 10:15So the king hearkened not unto the
people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his
word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
10:16And when all Israel saw that the king
hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What
portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So
all Israel departed unto their tents. 10:17But as for the
children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned
over them. 10:18Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who
was over the men subject to taskwork; and the children of Israel stoned
him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to
his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 10:19So Israel rebelled against the house
of David unto this day.
11:1And when Rehoboam was come to
Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against
Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 11:2But the word of
Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 11:3Speak unto Rehoboam
the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and
Benjamin, saying, 11:4Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go
up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for
this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and
returned from going against Jeroboam. 11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in
Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 11:6He built Beth-lehem,
and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
11:8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9and
Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron,
which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities. 11:11And he fortified the strongholds, and
put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine. 11:12And in every city he put
shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin
belonged to him. 11:13And the priests and the Levites that
were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. 11:14For the Levites left their suburbs
and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and
his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office
unto Jehovah; 11:15and he appointed him priests for the
high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.
11:16And after them, out of all the tribes
of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel,
came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 11:17So they strengthened the kingdom of
Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they
walked three years in the way of David and Solomon. 11:18And Rehoboam took him
a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of
Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 11:19and she bare him
sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 11:20And after her he took
Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and
Ziza, and Shelomith. 11:21And Rehoboam loved Maacah the
daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took
eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons
and threescore daughters.) 11:22And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son
of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren; for
he was minded to make him king. 11:23And he dealt wisely,
and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and
Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in
abundance. And he sought for them many wives.
12:1And it came to pass, when the kingdom
of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of
Jehovah, and all Israel with him. 12:2And it came to pass in the fifth year
of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
because they had trespassed against Jehovah, 12:3with twelve hundred
chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without
number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the
Ethiopians. 12:4And he took the fortified cities which
pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem. 12:5Now Shemaiah the
prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered
together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith
Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand
of Shishak. 12:6Then the princes of Israel and the
king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous. 12:7And
when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to
Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them;
but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured
out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 12:8Nevertheless they
shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of
the kingdoms of the countries. 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah,
and the treasures of the king's house: he took all away: he took away also
the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 12:10And king Rehoboam
made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of
the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house. 12:11And it was so, that, as oft as the
king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and
brought them back into the guard-chamber. 12:12And when he humbled
himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him
altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things found. 12:13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself
in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city
which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name
there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 12:14And he did that which was evil,
because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah. 12:15Now the acts of
Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of
Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continually. 12:16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his
stead.
13:1In the eighteenth year of king
Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 13:2Three years reigned he
in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of
Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 13:3And
Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred
thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with
eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor. 13:4And
Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel: 13:5Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the
God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him
and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 13:6Yet Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled
against his lord. 13:7And there were gathered unto him
worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam
the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could
not withstand them. 13:8And now ye think to withstand the
kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great
multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made
you for gods. 13:9Have ye not driven out the priests of
Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after
the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whosoever cometh
to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be
a priest of them that are no gods. 13:10But as for us,
Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have
priests ministering unto Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in
their work: 13:11and they burn unto Jehovah every
morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread
also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of
gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge
of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him. 13:12And, behold, God is
with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound
an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah,
the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 13:13But Jeroboam caused
an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and
the ambushment was behind them. 13:14And when Judah looked back, behold,
the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and
the priests sounded with the trumpets. 13:15Then the men of Judah
gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God
smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 13:16And the children of Israel fled
before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand. 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them
with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred
thousand chosen men. 13:18Thus the children of Israel were
brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because
they relied upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 13:19And Abijah pursued
after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof,
and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof. 13:20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength
again in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah smote him, and he died. 13:21But Abijah waxed mighty, and took
unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen
daughters. 13:22And the rest of the acts of Abijah,
and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the
prophet Iddo.
14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his
stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 14:2And Asa did that which
was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God: 14:3for he took away the
foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed
down the Asherim, 14:4and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah,
the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 14:5Also he took away out of all the
cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was
quiet before him. 14:6And he built fortified cities in
Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because
Jehovah had given him rest. 14:7For he said unto Judah, Let us build
these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the
land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have
sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and
prospered. 14:8And Asa had an army that bare bucklers
and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that
bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these
were mighty men of valor. 14:9And there came out against them Zerah
the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred
chariots; and he came unto Mareshah. 14:10Then Asa went out to
meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at
Mareshah. 14:11And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God,
and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty
and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on
thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou
art our God; let not man prevail against thee. 14:12So Jehovah smote the
Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 14:13And Asa and the people that were with
him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that
they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah,
and before his host; and they carried away very much booty. 14:14And they smote all the cities round
about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them: and they despoiled
all the cities; for there was much spoil in them. 14:15They smote also the
tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and
returned to Jerusalem.
15:1And the Spirit of God came upon
Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2and he went out to meet Asa, and said
unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with
you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you;
but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 15:3Now for a long season
Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and
without law: 15:4But when in their distress they turned
unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 15:5And
in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that
came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
15:6And they were broken in pieces, nation
against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all
adversity. 15:7But be ye strong, and let not your
hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded. 15:8And when Asa heard
these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and
put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and
out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and
he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah. 15:9And
he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out
of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of
Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him. 15:10So they gathered themselves together
at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Asa. 15:11And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in
that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and
seven thousand sheep. 15:12And they entered into the covenant to
seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all
their soul; 15:13and that whosoever would not seek
Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or
great, whether man or woman. 15:14And they sware unto Jehovah with a
loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath;
for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole
desire; and he was found of them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.
15:16And also Maacah, the mother of Asa
the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable
image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and
burnt it at the brook Kidron. 15:17But the high places were not taken
away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his
days. 15:18And he brought into the house of God
the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had
dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 15:19And there was no more
war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
16:1In the six and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built
Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king
of Judah. 16:2Then Asa brought out silver and gold
out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and
sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3There is a league between me
and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I
have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of
Israel, that he may depart from me. 16:4And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa,
and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they
smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.
16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard
thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease. 16:6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and
they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 16:7And
at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him,
Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on
Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of
thy hand. 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim
a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou
didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand. 16:9For
the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show
himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and
put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this
thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. 16:11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first
and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and
Israel. 16:12And in the thirty and ninth year of
his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great:
yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians. 16:13And Asa slept with his fathers, and
died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 16:14And they buried him
in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of
David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and
divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art: and they
made a very great burning for him.
17:1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his
stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 17:2And he placed forces
in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of
Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 17:3And
Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his
father David, and sought not unto the Baalim, 17:4but sought to the God
of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of
Israel. 17:5Therefore Jehovah established the
kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he
had riches and honor in abundance. 17:6And his heart was lifted up in the
ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the
Asherim out of Judah. 17:7Also in the third year of his reign he
sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel,
and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; 17:8and with them the
Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah,
the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. 17:9And
they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Jehovah with them; and
they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the
people. 17:10And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all
the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made
no war against Jehoshaphat. 17:11And some of the Philistines brought
Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought
him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and
seven hundred he-goats. 17:12And Jehoshaphat waxed great
exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. 17:13And he had many works in the cities
of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 17:14And this was the numbering of them
according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands:
Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred
thousand; 17:15and next to him Jehohanan the
captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand; 17:16and next to him Amasiah the son of
Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah; and with him two
hundred thousand mighty men of valor. 17:17And of Benjamin:
Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with
bow and shield; 17:18and next to him Jehozabad and with
him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war. 17:19These were they that waited on the
king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout
all Judah.
18:1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor
in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab. 18:2And after certain
years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for
him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and moved him to
go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 18:3And Ahab king of
Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to
Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy
people; and we will be with thee in the war. 18:4And Jehoshaphat said
unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of
Jehovah. 18:5Then the king of Israel gathered the
prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God
will deliver it into the hand of the king. 18:6But Jehoshaphat said,
Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of
him? 18:7And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I
hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil:
the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the
king say so. 18:8Then the king of Israel called an
officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 18:9Now
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his
throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at
the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying
before them. 18:10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt
thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed. 18:11And all the prophets
prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah
will deliver it into the hand of the king. 18:12And the messenger
that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the
prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let thy word
therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 18:13And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth,
what my God saith, that will I speak. 18:14And when he was come
to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper; and
they shall be delivered into your hand. 18:15And the king said to
him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing
but the truth in the name of Jehovah? 18:16And he said, I saw
all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd:
and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his
house in peace. 18:17And the king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil? 18:18And Micaiah said, Therefore
hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and
all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 18:19And Jehovah said, Who shall entice
Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one
spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 18:20And there came forth a spirit, and
stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto
him, Wherewith? 18:21And he said, I will go forth, and
will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou
shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so. 18:22Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath
put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath
spoken evil concerning thee. 18:23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the
Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee? 18:24And Micaiah said,
Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner
chamber to hide thyself. 18:25And the king of Israel said, Take ye
Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to
Joash the king's son; 18:26and say, Thus saith the king, Put
this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with
water of affliction, until I return in peace. 18:27And Micaiah said, If
thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said,
Hear, ye peoples, all of you. 18:28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 18:29And the king of
Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the
battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised
himself; and they went into the battle. 18:30Now the king of Syria
had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with
small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 18:31And it came to pass,
when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is
the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but
Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God moved them to
depart from him. 18:32And it came to pass, when the
captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they
turned back from pursuing him. 18:33And a certain man drew his bow at a
venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor:
wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry
me out of the host; for I am sore wounded. 18:34And the battle
increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his
chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the
going down of the sun he died.
19:1And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 19:2And Jehu the son of
Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat,
Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this
thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah. 19:3Nevertheless there are
good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of
the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God. 19:4And Jehoshaphat dwelt
at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to
the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God
of their fathers. 19:5And he set judges in the land
throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 19:6and
said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for
Jehovah; and he is with you in the judgment. 19:7Now therefore let the
fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity
with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes. 19:8Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat
set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers'
houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for
controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. 19:9And he charged them,
saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a
perfect heart. 19:10And whensoever any controversy shall
come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood
and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall
warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon
you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty. 19:11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest
is over you in all matters of Jehovah; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael,
the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the
Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and Jehovah be
with the good.
20:1And it came to pass after this, that
the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the
Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 20:2Then there came some
that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee
from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar
(the same is En-gedi). 20:3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all
Judah. 20:4And Judah gathered themselves
together, to seek help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of
Judah they came to seek Jehovah. 20:5And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly
of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court; 20:6and
he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven?
and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy
hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. 20:7Didst not thou, O our God, drive out
the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the
seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 20:8And they dwelt therein, and have built
thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 20:9If evil come upon us,
the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this
house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee
in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. 20:10And now, behold, the
children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let
Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned
aside from them, and destroyed them not; 20:11behold, how they
reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given
us to inherit. 20:12O our God, wilt thou not judge them?
for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us;
neither know we what to do: but out eyes are upon thee. 20:13And all Judah stood before Jehovah,
with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 20:14Then upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the
Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of
the assembly; 20:15and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah,
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith
Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great
multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 20:16To-morrow go ye down
against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find
them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 20:17Ye shall not need to fight in this
battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of
Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed:
to-morrow go out against them: for Jehovah is with you. 20:18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with
his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah. 20:19And the Levites, of
the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood
up to praise Jehovah, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice. 20:20And they rose early in the morning,
and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth,
Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established;
believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 20:21And when he had taken
counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto Jehovah,
and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say,
Give thanks unto Jehovah; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.
20:22And when they began to sing and to
praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and
mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 20:23For the children of Ammon and Moab
stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and
destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir,
every one helped to destroy another. 20:24And when Judah came
to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and,
behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none
that escaped. 20:25And when Jehoshaphat and his people
came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both
riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for
themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in
taking the spoil, it was so much. 20:26And on the fourth day they assembled
themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah:
therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto
this day. 20:27Then they returned, every man of
Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again
to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their
enemies. 20:28And they came to Jerusalem with
psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah. 20:29And the fear of God was on all the
kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the
enemies of Israel. 20:30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was
quiet; for his God gave him rest round about. 20:31And Jehoshaphat
reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 20:32And he walked in the
way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was
right in the eyes of Jehovah. 20:33Howbeit the high places were not
taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of
their fathers. 20:34Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of
Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of
Israel. 20:35And after this did Jehoshaphat king
of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very
wickedly: 20:36and he joined himself with him to
make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 20:37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of
Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined
thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were
broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
21:1And Jehoshaphat slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram
his son reigned in his stead. 21:2And he had brethren, the sons of
Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael,
and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 21:3And
their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he
to Jehoram, because he was the first-born. 21:4Now when Jehoram was
risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he
slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of
Israel. 21:5Jehoram was thirty and two years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 21:6And
he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for
he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah. 21:7Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy the
house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and
as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway. 21:8In
his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over
themselves. 21:9Then Jehoram passed over with his
captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and
smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the
chariots. 21:10So Edom revolted from under the hand
of Judah unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under
his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his fathers. 21:11Moreover he made high places in the
mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the
harlot, and led Judah astray. 21:12And there came a writing to him from
Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy
father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy
father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 21:13but hast walked in
the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also hast
slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself: 21:14behold, Jehovah will smite with a
great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy
substance; 21:15and thou shalt have great sickness by
disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the
sickness, day by day. 21:16And Jehovah stirred up against
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians that are beside
the Ethiopians: 21:17and they came up against Judah, and
brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the
king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a
son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. 21:18And after all this Jehovah smote him
in his bowels with an incurable disease. 21:19And it came to pass,
in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by
reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made
no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 21:20Thirty and two years old was he when
he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he
departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David,
but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
22:1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came
with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 22:2Forty and two years old was Ahaziah
when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 22:3He also walked in the
ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do
wickedly. 22:4And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors
after the death of his father, to his destruction. 22:5He walked also after
their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war
against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded
Joram. 22:6And he returned to be healed in
Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought
against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
22:7Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of
God, in that he went unto Joram: for when he was come, he went out with
Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut
off the house of Ahab. 22:8And it came to pass, when Jehu was
executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of
Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah,
and slew them. 22:9And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught
him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and slew
him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who
sought Jehovah with all his heart. And the house of Ahaziah had no power
to hold the kingdom. 22:10Now when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed
royal of the house of Judah. 22:11But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the
king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the
king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber.
So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the
priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that
she slew him not. 22:12And he was with them hid in the house
of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
23:1And in the seventh year Jehoiada
strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son
of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed,
and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into
covenant with him. 23:2And they went about in Judah, and
gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of
fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 23:3And
all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he
said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken
concerning the sons of David. 23:4This is the thing that ye shall do: a
third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the
Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds; 23:5and a third part shall
be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation:
and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah. 23:6But
let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that
minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all
the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah. 23:7And the Levites shall
compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and
whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king
when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. 23:8So the Levites and all
Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they
took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath; with
those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest
dismissed not the courses. 23:9And Jehoiada the priest delivered to
the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had
been king David's, which were in the house of God. 23:10And he set all the
people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the
house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by
the king round about. 23:11Then they brought out the king's son,
and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made
him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said,
Long live the king. 23:12And when Athaliah heard the noise of
the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the
house of Jehovah: 23:13and she looked, and, behold, the king
stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by
the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the
singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of
praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason! 23:14And Jehoiada the priest brought out
the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them,
Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be
slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of
Jehovah. 23:15So they made way for her; and she
went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew
her there. 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between
himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's
people. 23:17And all the people went to the house
of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces,
and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 23:18And Jehoiada appointed the officers
of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom
David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the
burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with
rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David. 23:19And he set the porters at the gates
of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should
enter in. 23:20And he took the captains of hundreds,
and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the
land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came
through the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the
throne of the kingdom. 23:21So all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the
sword.
24:1Joash was seven years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba. 24:2And Joash did that which was right in
the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 24:3And
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. 24:4And
it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of
Jehovah. 24:5And he gathered together the priests
and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and
gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to
year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it
not. 24:6And the king called for Jehoiada the
chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to
bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of
Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony? 24:7For
the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God;
and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow
upon the Baalim. 24:8So the king commanded, and they made a
chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah. 24:9And
they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for
Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the
wilderness. 24:10And all the princes and all the
people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had
made an end. 24:11And it was so, that, at what time the
chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and
when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief
priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it
to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in
abundance. 24:12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to
such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they
hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such
as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah. 24:13So the workmen wrought, and the work
of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God
in its state, and strengthened it. 24:14And when they had made an end, they
brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were
made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels wherewith to minister
and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered
burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of
Jehoiada. 24:15But Jehoiada waxed old and was full
of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
24:16And they buried him in the city of
David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God
and his house. 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada came
the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king
hearkened unto them. 24:18And they forsook the house of
Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols:
and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. 24:19Yet he sent prophets to them, to
bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they
would not give ear. 24:20And the Spirit of God came upon
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people,
and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of
Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he
hath also forsaken you. 24:21And they conspired against him, and
stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the
house of Jehovah. 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not
the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son.
And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it. 24:23And it came to pass at the end of the
year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to
Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from
among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of
Damascus. 24:24For the army of the Syrians came with
a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their
hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they
executed judgment upon Joash. 24:25And when they were departed for him
(for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for
the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and
he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not
in the sepulchres of the kings. 24:26And these are they that conspired
against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the
son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 24:27Now concerning his sons, and the
greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the
house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of
the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25:1Amaziah was twenty and five years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 25:2And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart. 25:3Now
it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew
his servants that had killed the king his father. 25:4But he put not their
children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law
in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not
die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but
every man shall die for his own sin. 25:5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah
together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and
Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found
them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that
could handle spear and shield. 25:6He hired also a hundred thousand
mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. 25:7But
there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel
go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim. 25:8But if thou wilt go, do
valiantly, be strong for the battle: God will cast thee down before
the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down. 25:9And
Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred
talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God
answered, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this. 25:10Then Amaziah separated them, to
wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again:
wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned
home in fierce anger. 25:11And Amaziah took courage, and led
forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the
children of Seir ten thousand. 25:12And other ten thousand did the
children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the
rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were
broken in pieces. 25:13But the men of the army whom Amaziah
sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the
cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote of them
three thousand, and took much spoil. 25:14Now it came to pass,
after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he
brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods,
and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. 25:15Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was
kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto
him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not
delivered their own people out of thy hand? 25:16And it came to pass,
as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made
thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then
the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy
thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
25:17Then Amaziah king of Judah took
advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 25:18And Joash king of Israel sent to
Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the
cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife:
and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the
thistle. 25:19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten
Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why
shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even
thou, and Judah with thee? 25:20But Amaziah would not hear; for it
was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their
enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 25:21So Joash king of Israel went up; and
he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at
Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 25:22And Judah was put to
the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 25:23And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah
king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and
brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the
gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 25:24And he took all the gold and
silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with
Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and
returned to Samaria. 25:25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
fifteen years. 25:26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah,
first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of
Judah and Israel? 25:27Now from the time that Amaziah did
turn away from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and
slew him there. 25:28And they brought him upon horses, and
buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
26:1And all the people of Judah took
Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his
father Amaziah. 26:2He built Eloth, and restored it to
Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 26:3Sixteen years old was
Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem. 26:4And
he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that
his father Amaziah had done. 26:5And he set himself to seek God in the
days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long
as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper. 26:6And he went forth and
warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the
wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the
country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 26:7And God helped him
against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal,
and the Meunim. 26:8And the Ammonites gave tribute to
Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he
waxed exceeding strong. 26:9Moreover Uzziah built towers in
Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning
of the wall, and fortified them. 26:10And he built towers
in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in
the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and
vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved
husbandry. 26:11Moreover Uzziah had an army of
fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of
their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under
the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 26:12The whole number of
the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two
thousand and six hundred. 26:13And under their hand was an army,
three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war
with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 26:14And Uzziah prepared for them, even
for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and
bows, and stones for slinging. 26:15And he made in Jerusalem engines,
invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements,
wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far
abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was
lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his
God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar
of incense. 26:17And Azariah the priest went in after
him, and with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men: 26:18and they withstood Uzziah the king,
and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense
unto Jehovah, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated
to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed;
neither shall it be for thine honor from Jehovah God. 26:19Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a
censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the
priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the
house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense. 26:20And Azariah the chief
priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous
in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself
hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him. 26:21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto
the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he
was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the
king's house, judging the people of the land. 26:22Now the rest of the
acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,
write. 26:23So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and
they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to
the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his
stead.
27:1Jotham was twenty and five years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 27:2And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah
had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the
people did yet corruptly. 27:3He built the upper gate of the house
of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 27:4Moreover he built
cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles
and towers. 27:5He fought also with the king of the
children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon
gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand
measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of
Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third. 27:6So
Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
27:7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham,
and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and Judah. 27:8He was five and twenty years old when
he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 27:9And
Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David:
and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
28:1Ahaz was twenty years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not
that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father; 28:2but
he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images
for the Baalim. 28:3Moreover he burnt incense in the
valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according
to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the
children of Israel. 28:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in
the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 28:5Wherefore Jehovah his God delivered
him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried
away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus.
And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote
him with a great slaughter. 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in
Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men;
because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 28:7And
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam
the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. 28:8And
the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred
thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from
them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 28:9But a prophet of
Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host
that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah, the God
of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your
hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up to heaven. 28:10And now ye purpose to keep under the
children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you:
but are there not even with you trespasses of your own against
Jehovah your God? 28:11Now hear me therefore, and send back
the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce
wrath of Jehovah is upon you. 28:12Then certain of the heads of the
children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of
Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of
Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, 28:13and said unto them, Ye shall not
bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us
a trespass against Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our trespass; for
our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 28:14So the armed men left the captives
and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. 28:15And the men that have been mentioned
by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all
that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them
to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them
upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto
their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. 28:16At that time did king
Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 28:17For again the
Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 28:18The Philistines also had invaded the
cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken
Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof,
and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof: and
they dwelt there. 28:19For Jehovah brought Judah low because
of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed
sore against Jehovah. 28:20And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria
came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 28:21For Ahaz took away a portion out of
the house of Jehovah, and out of the house of the king and of the princes,
and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but it helped him not. 28:22And in the time of his distress did
he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz. 28:23For he sacrificed unto the gods of
Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of
Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they
may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 28:24And Ahaz gathered together the
vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of
God, and shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah; and he made him altars
in every corner of Jerusalem. 28:25And in every city of Judah he made
high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger
Jehovah, the God of his fathers. 28:26Now the rest of his acts, and all his
ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Judah and Israel. 28:27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not
into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned
in his stead.
29:1Hezekiah began to reign when he was
five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 29:2And
he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that
David his father had done. 29:3He in the first year of his reign, in
the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired
them. 29:4And he brought in the priests and the
Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, 29:5and
said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify
the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place. 29:6For our fathers have trespassed, and
done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have
forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of
Jehovah, and turned their backs. 29:7Also they have shut up the doors of
the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered
burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. 29:8Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was
upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and
fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 29:9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by
the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity
for this. 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a
covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn
away from us. 29:11My sons, be not now negligent; for
Jehovah hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and
that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense. 29:12Then the Levites
arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons
of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and
Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of
Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; 29:13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri
and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 29:14and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and
Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 29:15And they gathered their brethren, and
sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the
king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah. 29:16And the priests went in unto the
inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the
uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the
house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the
brook Kidron. 29:17Now they began on the first
day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the
month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of
Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they
made an end. 29:18Then they went in to Hezekiah the
king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of
Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof,
and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof. 29:19Moreover all the vessels, which king
Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and
sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah. 29:20Then Hezekiah the king arose early,
and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
29:21And they brought seven bullocks, and
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for
the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the
priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah. 29:22So they killed the bullocks, and the
priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed
the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the
lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 29:23And they brought near
the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and
they laid their hands upon them: 29:24and the priests killed them, and they
made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for
all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the
sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 29:25And he set the
Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with
harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer,
and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his
prophets. 29:26And the Levites stood with the
instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 29:27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the
burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song
of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of
David king of Israel. 29:28And all the assembly worshipped, and
the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued
until the burnt-offering was finished. 29:29And when they had
made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed
themselves and worshipped. 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the
princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words
of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and
they bowed their heads and worshipped. 29:31Then Hezekiah
answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah; come
near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Jehovah.
And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as
were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. 29:32And the number of the burnt-offerings
which the assembly brought was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred
rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to
Jehovah. 29:33And the consecrated things were six
hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 29:34But the priests were
too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore
their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and
until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more
upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 29:35And also the burnt-offerings were in
abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and with the
drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of
Jehovah was set in order. 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the
people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the
thing was done suddenly.
30:1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and
Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should
come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto
Jehovah, the God of Israel. 30:2For the king had taken counsel, and
his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in
the second month. 30:3For they could not keep it at that
time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient
number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
30:4And the thing was right in the eyes of
the king and of all the assembly. 30:5So they established a decree to make
proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they
should come to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, at
Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is
written. 30:6So the posts went with the letters
from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and
according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel,
turn again unto Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he
may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the
kings of Assyria. 30:7And be not ye like your fathers, and
like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their
fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 30:8Now
be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto
Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever,
and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
30:9For if ye turn again unto Jehovah,
your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led
them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is
gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye
return unto him. 30:10So the posts passed from city to city
through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they
laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 30:11Nevertheless certain
men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to
Jerusalem. 30:12Also upon Judah came the hand of God
to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the
princes by the word of Jehovah. 30:13And there assembled at Jerusalem much
people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very
great assembly. 30:14And they arose and took away the
altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they
away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 30:15Then they killed the
passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests
and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought
burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah. 30:16And they stood in
their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of
God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the
hand of the Levites. 30:17For there were many in the assembly
that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge
of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify
them unto Jehovah. 30:18For a multitude of the people, even
many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written.
For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every
one 30:19that setteth his heart to seek God,
Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed
according to the purification of the sanctuary. 30:20And Jehovah hearkened
to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 30:21And the children of Israel that were
present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with
great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by
day, singing with loud instruments unto Jehovah. 30:22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto
all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of
Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering
sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, the God
of their fathers. 30:23And the whole assembly took counsel
to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with
gladness. 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah did give
to the assembly for offerings a thousand bullocks and seven thousand
sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and ten
thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 30:25And all the assembly of Judah, with
the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly that came out of Israel,
and the sojourners that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in
Judah, rejoiced. 30:26So there was great joy in Jerusalem;
for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was
not the like in Jerusalem. 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose
and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came
up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.
31:1Now when all this was finished, all
Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in
pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high
places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and
Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of
Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. 31:2And
Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their
courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the
Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to
give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovah. 31:3He appointed also the king's
portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings, to wit, for the
morning and evening burnt-offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the
sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written
in the law of Jehovah. 31:4Moreover he commanded the people that
dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites,
that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovah. 31:5And
as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in
abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of
all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in
abundantly. 31:6And the children of Israel and Judah,
that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen
and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto
Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps. 31:7In the third month
they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the
seventh month. 31:8And when Hezekiah and the princes came
and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel. 31:9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests
and the Levites concerning the heaps. 31:10And Azariah the chief
priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the
people began to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have
eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his
people; and that which is left is this great store. 31:11Then Hezekiah
commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared
them. 31:12And they brought in the oblations and
the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the
Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second. 31:13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath,
and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and
Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei
his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the
ruler of the house of God. 31:14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite,
the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill-offerings of
God, to distribute the oblations of Jehovah, and the most holy things. 31:15And under him were Eden, and
Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities
of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brethren by
courses, as well to the great as to the small: 31:16besides them that
were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even
every one that entered into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day
required, for their service in their offices according to their courses;
31:17and them that were reckoned by
genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from
twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses; 31:18and them that were reckoned by
genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their
daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they
sanctified themselves in holiness. 31:19Also for the sons of Aaron the
priests, that were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every
city, there were men that were mentioned by name, to give portions to all
the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogy
among the Levites. 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all
Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before
Jehovah his God. 31:21And in every work that he began in
the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments,
to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
32:1After these things, and this
faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah,
and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for
himself. 32:2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib
was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3he
took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the
fountains which were without the city; and they helped him. 32:4So
there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land,
saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? 32:5And
he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and
raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and
strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and
shields in abundance. 32:6And he set captains of war over the
people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate
of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, 32:7Be strong and of good
courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all
the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with
him: 32:8with him is an arm of flesh; but with
us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people
rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 32:9After this did Sennacherib king of
Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and
all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah
that were at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10Thus saith Sennacherib king of
Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem? 32:11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to
give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will
deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 32:12Hath not the same
Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah
and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it
shall ye burn incense? 32:13Know ye not what I and my fathers
have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations
of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand? 32:14Who was there among all the gods of
those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his
people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of
my hand? 32:15Now therefore let not Hezekiah
deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him;
for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of
my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God
deliver you out of my hand? 32:16And his servants spake yet more
against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 32:17He wrote also letters, to rail on
Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods
of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of
my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my
hand. 32:18And they cried with a loud voice in
the Jews' language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to
affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. 32:19And they spake of the God of
Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work
of men's hands. 32:20And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven. 32:21And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut
off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp
of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land.
And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from
his own bowels slew him there with the sword. 32:22Thus Jehovah saved
Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the
king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them
on every side. 32:23And many brought gifts unto Jehovah
to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he
was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. 32:24In those days Hezekiah was sick even
unto death: and he prayed unto Jehovah; and he spake unto him, and gave
him a sign. 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again
according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up:
therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 32:26Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled
himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of
Hezekiah. 32:27And Hezekiah had exceeding much
riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold,
and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all
manner of goodly vessels; 32:28store-houses also for the increase of
grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and
flocks in folds. 32:29Moreover he provided him cities, and
possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very
much substance. 32:30This same Hezekiah also stopped the
upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the
west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
32:31Howbeit in the business of the
ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the
wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might
know all that was in his heart. 32:32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah,
and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 32:33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David:
and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death.
And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 33:2And
he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations
of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel. 33:3For
he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down;
and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped
all the host of heaven, and served them. 33:4And he built altars in
the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be
for ever. 33:5And he built altars for all the host
of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah. 33:6He also made his
children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and
he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and
dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought
much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 33:7And
he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of
God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and
in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I
put my name for ever: 33:8neither will I any more remove the
foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers,
if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all
the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by Moses. 33:9And
Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did
evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children
of Israel. 33:10And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to
his people; but they gave no heed. 33:11Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them
the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in
chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 33:12And when he was in distress, he
besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of
his fathers. 33:13And he prayed unto him; and he was
entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God. 33:14Now after this he built an outer wall
to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to
the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with
it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant
captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 33:15And he took away the
foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars
that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem,
and cast them out of the city. 33:16And he built up the altar of Jehovah,
and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and
commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel. 33:17Nevertheless the people sacrificed
still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God. 33:18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,
and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him
in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among
the acts of the kings of Israel. 33:19His prayer also, and how God
was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places
wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven
images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history
of Hozai. 33:20So Manasseh slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his
stead. 33:21Amon was twenty and two years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 33:22And he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all
the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them. 33:23And he humbled not himself before
Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon
trespassed more and more. 33:24And his servants conspired against
him, and put him to death in his own house. 33:25But the people of the
land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of
the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
34:1Josiah was eight years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. 34:2And
he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways
of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the
left. 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign,
while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his
father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from
the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten
images. 34:4And they brake down the altars of the
Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he
hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images,
he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves
of them that had sacrificed unto them. 34:5And he burnt the bones
of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. 34:6And
so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even
unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about. 34:7And he brake down the
altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed
down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to
Jerusalem. 34:8Now in the eighteenth year of his
reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son
of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of
Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God. 34:9And
they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was
brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the
threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all
the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 34:10And they delivered it into the hand
of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and the
workmen that wrought in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair
the house; 34:11even to the carpenters and to the
builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to
make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 34:12And the men did the work faithfully:
and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the
sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the
Kohathites, to set it forward; and others of the Levites, all that
were skilful with instruments of music. 34:13Also they were over
the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every
manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers,
and porters. 34:14And when they brought out the money
that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the
book of the law of Jehovah given by Moses. 34:15And Hilkiah answered
and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the
house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 34:16And Shaphan carried the book to the
king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was
committed to thy servants, they are doing. 34:17And they have emptied
out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered
it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen. 34:18And Shaphan the scribe told the king,
saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read
therein before the king. 34:19And it came to pass, when the king
had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 34:20And the king commanded Hilkiah, and
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the
scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 34:21Go ye, inquire of
Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah,
concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of
Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the
word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book. 34:22So Hilkiah, and they whom the king
had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she
dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spake to her to that
effect. 34:23And she said unto them, Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, 34:24Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the
curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king
of Judah. 34:25Because they have forsaken me, and
have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger
with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out upon
this place, and it shall not be quenched. 34:26But unto the king of
Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast
heard, 34:27because thy heart was tender, and
thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against
this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself
before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have
heard thee, saith Jehovah. 34:28Behold, I will gather thee to thy
fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall
thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon
the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king. 34:29Then the king sent and gathered
together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 34:30And the king went up
to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both
great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah. 34:31And the king stood in his place, and
made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his
commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart,
and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were
written in this book. 34:32And he caused all that were found in
Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of
Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
34:33And Josiah took away all the
abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of
Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve
Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah,
the God of their fathers.
35:1And Josiah kept a passover unto
Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth
day of the first month. 35:2And he set the priests in their
offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah. 35:3And
he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto
Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king
of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders:
now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel. 35:4And prepare yourselves
after your fathers' houses by your courses, according to the writing of
David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. 35:5And
stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses
of your brethren the children of the people, and let there be for
each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites. 35:6And
kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren,
to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses. 35:7And Josiah gave to the
children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the
passover-offerings, unto all that were present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
35:8And his princes gave for a
freewill-offering unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites.
Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave
unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred
small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 35:9Conaniah also, and
Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad,
the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for the
passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred
oxen. 35:10So the service was prepared, and the
priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according
to the king's commandment. 35:11And they killed the passover, and the
priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and
the Levites flayed them. 35:12And they removed the burnt-offerings,
that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers'
houses of the children of the people, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is
written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 35:13And they roasted the passover with
fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in
pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the
children of the people. 35:14And afterward they prepared for
themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron
were busied in offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until
night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests
the sons of Aaron. 35:15And the singers the sons of Asaph
were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and
Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate:
they needed not to depart from their service; for their brethren the
Levites prepared for them. 35:16So all the service of Jehovah was
prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings
upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 35:17And the children of Israel that were
present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread
seven days. 35:18And there was no passover like to
that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any
of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the
priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 35:19In the eighteenth year of the reign
of Josiah was this passover kept. 35:20After all this, when Josiah had
prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against
Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 35:21But he sent ambassadors to him,
saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not
against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God
hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with
God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 35:22Nevertheless Josiah
would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might
fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco from the mouth of
God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 35:23And the archers shot
at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am
sore wounded. 35:24So his servants took him out of the
chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to
Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers.
And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 35:25And Jeremiah lamented
for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in
their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in
Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. 35:26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah,
and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of
Jehovah, 35:27and his acts, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
36:1Then the people of the land took
Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in
Jerusalem. 36:2Joahaz was twenty and three years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 36:3And
the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred
talents of silver and a talent of gold. 36:4And the king of Egypt
made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his
name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to
Egypt. 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and
he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God. 36:6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 36:7Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the
vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at
Babylon. 36:8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim,
and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 36:9Jehoiachin was eight
years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days
in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 36:10And at the return of the year king
Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels
of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem. 36:11Zedekiah was twenty and one years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: 36:12and he did that which was evil in the
sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the
prophet speaking from the mouth of Jehovah. 36:13And he also rebelled
against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he
stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah,
the God of Israel. 36:14Moreover all the chiefs of the
priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the
abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovah which
he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 36:15And Jehovah, the God of their
fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending,
because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place: 36:16but they mocked the messengers of
God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath
of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 36:17Therefore he brought upon them the
king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the
house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin,
old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand. 36:18And all the vessels of the house of
God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the
treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to
Babylon. 36:19And they burnt the house of God, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with
fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 36:20And them that had
escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants
to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as
long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten
years. 36:22Now in the first year of Cyrus king
of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it
also in writing, saying, 36:23Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All
the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and
he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with
him, and let him go up.
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